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Browse HSL's study tools that introduce important concepts, recommend relevant research tools, and teach you how to use library resources.

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All Online Tutorials

Step-by-step videos and strategies for using the library's most popular resources.

Subjects: Citation Management, Evidence-Based PracticeTutorial

Anatomy Resources

HSL curates an extensive collection of anatomy resources for all specialities, including textbooks, tools, and learning modules

Subjects: AnatomyTopic Guide

Antique and Obscure Words for Students in the History of Health and Medicine

The words we use reflect our society and come in and out of usage as our society changes. The words in these lists have largely faded out of current use but they fill the older publications.

Subjects: History of Health and MedicineTopic Guide

BHSc Library Research Guide

Explore library resources for the Bachelor of Health Sciences Program at McMaster

Subjects: Undergraduate Health SciencesProgram Guide

Child Life and Pediatric Psychosocial Care:

Explore library resources for the Child Life and Pediatric Psychosocial Care program at McMaster.

Subjects: Child Life and Psychosocial CareProgram Guide

CINAHL

Learn how to search the CINAHL database.

Subjects: ResearchTutorial

Clinical Faculty & Preceptors in Medicine

Explore library resources for clinical faculty and preceptors at McMaster.

Subjects: Clinical Faculty, MedicineTopic Guide

Clinical Faculty Orientation

Explore library resources for Clinical Faculty at McMaster.

Subjects: Clinical FacultyTopic Guide

Cochrane Library

Learn how to search the Cochrane Library

Subjects: ResearchTutorial

Consumer Health

Discover the best sources for consumer health information on the web

Subjects: Consumer HealthTopic Guide

Covidence

Covidence is a web-based software platform that streamlines the production of systematic reviews. It supports citation screening, full text review, risk of bias assessment, and more. McMaster now provides unlimited access to university affiliates.

Topic Guide

Database Searching

Learn the fundamentals of database searching.

Subjects: ResearchTutorial

Family Medicine

Explore library resources for Family Medicine at McMaster.

Subjects: Postgraduate MedicineProgram Guide

Finding Grey Literature

Start your Grey Literature search with this guide containing resources and strategies for discovering research produced outside traditional commercial or academic publishing channels.

Subjects: Grey LiteratureTopic Guide

Getting Started with ORCID

Learn how to set up your ORCID Researcher Profile

Topic Guide

Global Health

Explore library resources for the Global Health program at McMaster.

Subjects: Global HealthProgram Guide

Google Scholar

Learn how to search Google Scholar.

Subjects: ResearchTutorial

Health Data & Statistics

Get started with finding, using, and visualizing health data & statistics.

Subjects: Health Data & StatisticsTopic Guide

Health Management

Explore library resources for the Health Management program at McMaster.

Subjects: Health ManagementProgram Guide

Health Science Education

Explore library resources for the Health Sciences Education program at McMaster.

Postgraduate Medicine: How to Search the Literature

Public Health

Explore library resources for the Masters in Public Health program at McMaster.

Subjects: Public HealthProgram Guide

PubMed

Learn how to search the PubMed database.

Subjects: ResearchTutorial

RACER

Learn how to use the RACER interlibrary loan system.

Tutorial

Rehabilitation Science

Explore library resources for the online Rehabilitation Science program at McMaster.

Subjects: Rehabilitation ScienceProgram Guide

Resources for Evidence-Based Practice

Learn about the core concepts of evidence-based practice and discover resources for developing your skills in EBP.

Subjects: Evidence-Based PracticeTopic Guide

Searching the Literature: The Basics

Learn how to effectively search the literature with tips on asking questions, selecting resources, and developing search terms.

Topic Guide

Sir William Osler, 1849-1919, and why you should read the book you were given

Sir William Osler (1849-1919) was a Canadian physician raised in Dundas, ON. He was one of the four founding professors of Johns Hopkins Hospital and is often credited as the “Father of Modern Medicine”. Learn more about his life and work here.

Subjects: History of Health and MedicineTopic Guide

Speech-Language Pathology:

Explore library resources for the Speech Language Pathology program at McMaster.

Subjects: Speech-Language PathologyProgram Guide

Student Wellness

Discover a collection of links to student wellness resources online, on-campus, and in the community.

Subjects: Student WellnessTopic Guide

The Hippocratic Oath and others

Although written in antiquity, the Hippocratic Oath still expresses the principles for the ideal conduct for the physician. Learn more here.

Subjects: History of Health and MedicineTopic Guide

The Researcher's Toolkit

Subjects: ResearchTopic Guide

Web of Science

Learn how to search the Web of Science database.

Subjects: ResearchTutorial

White Coat Ceremony

The white lab coat is the identifiable symbol of your new identity as a physician. Learn more about the history of the white coat and its associated ceremony here.